pseud

[ sood ]
/ sud /
Informal.

noun

a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

Origin of pseud

1960–65; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

Definition for pseud (2 of 3)

pseud.

Definition for pseud (3 of 3)

pseud-

variant of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.

British Dictionary definitions for pseud (1 of 2)

pseud
/ (sjuːd) /

noun

informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

another word for pseudo

British Dictionary definitions for pseud (2 of 2)

pseud.

abbreviation for

pseudonym